/* Brooks Landscape and Design — site styles.
 * The header, footer and mega-menu CSS is appended by ecosystem-site-engine
 * between the ENGINE-CHROME markers at the end of this file. Do not hand-edit
 * that block: edit the brand config and rebuild.
 *
 * Heroes are light and warm on purpose. A dark hero is an ecosystem-wide no. */

:root {
  --accent: #3E7A4E;
  --accent-deep: #2C5A39;
  --ink: #1E2A22;
  --ink-soft: #46564B;
  --muted: #6E7B72;
  --line: #E2E6DD;
  --wash: #F5F3EC;
  --card: #FFFFFF;
  --radius: 14px;
  --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(30,42,34,.05), 0 8px 24px rgba(30,42,34,.06);
  --max: 1180px;
  --font: "Iowan Old Style", "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  --sans: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body {
  margin: 0; background: #fff; color: var(--ink);
  font: 400 17px/1.65 var(--sans);
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
img, video { max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; }

.container { width: 100%; max-width: var(--max); margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 22px; }
.container.narrow { max-width: 780px; }

a { color: var(--accent-deep); }
a:hover { color: var(--accent); }

.skip {
  position: absolute; left: -9999px; top: 0; background: var(--ink); color: #fff;
  padding: 10px 16px; z-index: 999;
}
.skip:focus { left: 0; }

h1, h2, h3 { font-family: var(--font); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.18; color: var(--ink); letter-spacing: -.01em; }
h1 { font-size: clamp(2rem, 4.4vw, 3.1rem); margin: 0 0 .5em; }
h2 { font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.8vw, 2.1rem); margin: 0 0 .6em; }
h3 { font-size: 1.16rem; margin: 0 0 .45em; }
p { margin: 0 0 1.1em; }

/* ── hero ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.hero { background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--wash) 0%, #fff 100%); padding: clamp(48px, 7vw, 92px) 0 clamp(40px, 6vw, 76px); }
.hero-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.05fr .95fr; gap: clamp(28px, 5vw, 64px); align-items: start; }
.hero-copy { max-width: 42rem; }
.hero .kicker { font: 600 .78rem/1.3 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent-deep); margin: 0 0 1em; }
.hero .sub { font-size: 1.16rem; color: var(--ink-soft); max-width: 38rem; }
.hero-note { font-size: .93rem; color: var(--muted); margin-top: 1.2em; }
.hero-media img { border-radius: var(--radius); box-shadow: var(--shadow); }

.cta-row { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; align-items: center; margin: 1.6em 0 0; }
.btn {
  display: inline-block; background: var(--accent-deep); color: #fff; text-decoration: none;
  padding: 13px 24px; border-radius: 999px; font: 600 .96rem/1 var(--sans);
  border: 1px solid var(--accent-deep); transition: background .15s ease;
}
.btn:hover { background: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
.btn.ghost { background: transparent; color: var(--accent-deep); }
.btn.ghost:hover { background: var(--wash); color: var(--accent-deep); }

/* ── bands ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.band { padding: clamp(44px, 6vw, 78px) 0; }
.band.wash { background: var(--wash); }
.band.lead { padding-top: clamp(30px, 4vw, 48px); padding-bottom: clamp(16px, 2vw, 24px); }
.lede { font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.lede strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; }
.dek { color: var(--ink-soft); max-width: 46rem; margin-top: -.4em; }

.connector { height: 0; }

/* ── cards ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.cards { display: grid; gap: 22px; margin-top: 30px; }
.cards.cols-2 { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
.cards.cols-3 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
.card {
  background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 22px; text-decoration: none; color: inherit; display: block; overflow: hidden;
  transition: transform .15s ease, box-shadow .15s ease, border-color .15s ease;
}
a.card:hover { transform: translateY(-2px); box-shadow: var(--shadow); border-color: #cdd6c8; }
.card p { color: var(--ink-soft); margin-bottom: 0; font-size: .97rem; }
.card-img { border-radius: 10px; margin: -22px -22px 18px; width: calc(100% + 44px); max-width: none; aspect-ratio: 3/2; object-fit: cover; }
.ticks { margin: .8em 0 0; padding-left: 1.1em; color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: .95rem; }

/* ── steps ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.steps { counter-reset: s; list-style: none; margin: 28px 0 0; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 18px; }
.steps li { border-left: 3px solid var(--accent); padding: 2px 0 2px 20px; }
.steps h3 { margin-bottom: .25em; }
.steps p { color: var(--ink-soft); margin: 0; }

/* ── facts / definition lists ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
.facts { margin: 26px 0 0; display: grid; gap: 18px; }
.facts > div { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 20px 22px; }
.facts dt { font-family: var(--font); font-weight: 600; font-size: 1.08rem; margin-bottom: .3em; }
.facts dd { margin: 0; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.facts.inline { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }

/* ── faq ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.faq { display: grid; gap: 26px; margin-top: 28px; }
.qa h3 { margin-bottom: .35em; }
.qa p { color: var(--ink-soft); margin-bottom: .6em; }

/* ── quotes ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.quotes { display: grid; gap: 22px; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); margin-top: 28px; align-items: start; }
.quotes blockquote {
  margin: 0; background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 24px;
}
.quotes blockquote:first-child { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
.quotes p { font-size: .99rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.quotes cite { font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; font-size: .9rem; }
.quotes cite span { font-weight: 400; color: var(--muted); }

/* ── gallery ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.gallery { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 16px; margin-top: 30px; }
.gallery figure { margin: 0; }
.gallery img { border-radius: 10px; aspect-ratio: 3/2; object-fit: cover; width: 100%; }
.gallery figcaption { font-size: .84rem; color: var(--muted); margin-top: .5em; line-height: 1.4; }

/* ── areas + link lists ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.areas, .linklist { list-style: none; margin: 28px 0 0; padding: 0; display: grid; gap: 14px; }
.areas { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
.linklist { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
.areas a, .linklist a {
  display: block; background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 18px 20px; text-decoration: none; color: inherit;
  transition: border-color .15s ease, transform .15s ease;
}
.areas a:hover, .linklist a:hover { border-color: var(--accent); transform: translateY(-1px); }
.areas strong, .linklist strong { display: block; font-family: var(--font); font-size: 1.06rem; margin-bottom: .2em; }
.areas span, .linklist span { color: var(--ink-soft); font-size: .93rem; }

/* ── video ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.loop { width: 100%; border-radius: var(--radius); box-shadow: var(--shadow); margin-top: 24px; }

/* ── cta band ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.band.cta { background: var(--wash); text-align: center; }
.band.cta .cta-row { justify-content: center; }
.band.cta p { color: var(--ink-soft); max-width: 40rem; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

/* ── contact ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.contact-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(28px, 5vw, 56px); align-items: start; }
.form-card { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 26px; box-shadow: var(--shadow); }
.form-card label { display: block; margin-bottom: 14px; font: 600 .88rem/1.4 var(--sans); color: var(--ink-soft); }
.form-card input, .form-card textarea {
  display: block; width: 100%; margin-top: 6px; padding: 11px 13px; font: 400 1rem/1.4 var(--sans);
  border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 9px; background: #fff; color: var(--ink);
}
.form-card input:focus, .form-card textarea:focus { outline: 2px solid var(--accent); outline-offset: 1px; border-color: var(--accent); }
.form-note { font-size: .85rem; color: var(--muted); margin: 12px 0 0; }

/* ── responsive ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .hero-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .hero-media { order: 2; }
  .cards.cols-3, .quotes, .areas { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .gallery { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .contact-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  body { font-size: 16px; }
  .cards.cols-2, .cards.cols-3, .quotes, .areas, .linklist, .facts.inline { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .gallery { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 10px; }
  .quotes blockquote:first-child { grid-column: auto; }
  .cta-row .btn { flex: 1 1 auto; text-align: center; }
}

/* ENGINE-CHROME:START — generated by ecosystem-site-engine; do not hand-edit */
/* ecosystem-site-engine chrome — generated, do not hand-edit.
 * Floating-card mega-menu + boxed-social footer. Themed per brand via build.mjs.
 * Injected between ENGINE-CHROME markers in the site's stylesheet. */

/* ---- header shell (sticky bar + logo + cta + hamburger) ---- */
.site-header{position:sticky;top:0;z-index:50;background:#FFFFFF;border-bottom:1px solid #E3DED2}
.header-inner{max-width:1180px;margin:0 auto;padding:13px 24px;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:16px}
.site-logo{flex:none;display:inline-flex;align-items:center}
.site-logo img{height:42px;width:auto;display:block}
.header-cta{margin-left:auto;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:10px}
.menu-toggle{display:none;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:center;gap:4px;
  width:44px;height:44px;border:1px solid #E3DED2;border-radius:11px;background:#FFFFFF;cursor:pointer;flex:none}
.menu-toggle span{display:block;width:19px;height:2px;border-radius:2px;background:#191C18;transition:transform .2s ease,opacity .2s ease}

/* ---- mega-menu ---- */
.primary-nav{display:flex;gap:4px;margin-left:10px}
.primary-nav .nav-item{position:relative}
.primary-nav .nav-link{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;padding:9px 13px;border-radius:10px;white-space:nowrap;
  color:#191C18;font-weight:600;font-size:.95rem;line-height:1;cursor:pointer;transition:background .15s ease,color .15s ease}
.primary-nav .nav-link:hover{background:#F4F1E9;color:#7A6039;text-decoration:none}
.primary-nav .nav-link>svg{width:17px;height:17px;flex:none}
.primary-nav .nav-link>svg.nav-caret{width:12px;height:12px;opacity:.5;transition:transform .15s ease}
.nav-item:hover .nav-caret{transform:rotate(180deg)}

/* Placement rule (see modules/megamenu): a mega-menu ALWAYS drops centered under
 * its trigger, NEVER below the fold, and lands about half way down the hero.
 * left:0 was the old anchor and it is what put every engine-built site 200px+
 * off centre. Centre here; js/megamenu-placement.js writes --mm-shift to clamp
 * the panel inside the viewport and --mm-maxh to keep it above the fold.
 * The shift rides on margin-left, never on transform, so the open/close
 * animation cannot be clobbered by the clamp. */
.mega-menu{position:absolute;top:100%;left:50%;right:auto;margin-left:var(--mm-shift,0px);padding-top:12px;
  opacity:0;visibility:hidden;transform:translateX(-50%) translateY(6px);
  transition:opacity .16s ease,transform .16s ease,visibility .16s;z-index:60}
.mega-menu--r{left:50%;right:auto}
.nav-item:hover .mega-menu,.nav-item:focus-within .mega-menu{opacity:1;visibility:visible;transform:translateX(-50%) translateY(0)}
.mega-menu-inner{display:flex;gap:10px;background:#FFFFFF;border:1px solid #E3DED2;border-top:3px solid #96794E;border-radius:4px 4px 16px 16px;
  box-shadow:0 24px 60px rgba(15,23,43,.20);padding:16px;min-width:580px;
  max-height:var(--mm-maxh,none);overflow-y:auto;overscroll-behavior:contain}
.mm-feature{flex:0 0 220px;position:relative;display:block;background:linear-gradient(160deg,#F4F1E9,#FFFFFF);
  border:1px solid #E3DED2;border-radius:12px;padding:18px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none}
.mm-feature:hover{border-color:#96794E;text-decoration:none}
.mm-feature .mm-fx{position:absolute;right:-14px;top:-12px;opacity:.9}
.mm-flabel{font-size:.7rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#7A6039}
.mm-feature h4{margin:8px 0 4px;font-size:1.05rem;color:#191C18;position:relative}
.mm-feature p{margin:0;font-size:.86rem;color:#4C534A;position:relative}
.mm-fcta{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin-top:12px;font-size:.85rem;font-weight:700;color:#7A6039}
.mm-fcta svg{width:15px;height:15px}
.mm-list{flex:1;min-width:280px;padding:6px 6px 6px 4px}
/* Two-column link list. A menu past ~6 rows stacks so tall that it swallows the
 * hero and, on a short laptop, reaches the fold: split it into columns instead
 * of dropping links. See modules/megamenu (rule HERO_HALF). */
.mm-cols{display:flex;gap:6px}
.mm-cols>div{flex:1;min-width:250px}
.mm-glabel{display:block;font-size:.7rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#7B8177;padding:6px 10px 8px}
.mm-row{display:flex;gap:11px;align-items:flex-start;padding:9px 10px;border-radius:10px;text-decoration:none;transition:background .15s ease}
.mm-row:hover{background:#F4F1E9;text-decoration:none}
.mm-ico{flex:none;width:30px;height:30px;border-radius:8px;background:#F4F1E9;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center}
.mm-ico svg{width:18px;height:18px}
.mm-tt{display:block;font-weight:600;color:#191C18;font-size:.95rem}
.mm-ds{display:block;color:#7B8177;font-size:.82rem}
/* photo mega-menu (client sites): real photos in the feature card + row thumbnails, no line-art */
.mm-feature--photo{padding:0;background:#FFFFFF;border-radius:12px}
.mm-feature--photo .mm-fphoto{display:block;width:100%;height:132px;object-fit:cover;border-radius:11px 11px 0 0}
.mm-feature--photo .mm-flabel{display:block;padding:14px 16px 0}
.mm-feature--photo h4{padding:0 16px}
.mm-feature--photo p{padding:0 16px}
.mm-feature--photo .mm-fcta{padding:0 16px 16px}
.mm-ico--photo{overflow:hidden;background:#F4F1E9}
.mm-ico--photo img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;border-radius:8px}
.mobile-cta{padding:12px 0 2px}

/* ---- footer: dark institutional, branded ---- */
.site-footer{background:#191C18;color:#9AA096;position:relative}
.site-footer::before{content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;height:3px;
  background:linear-gradient(90deg,#96794E,#7A6039)}
.site-footer>.container{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1.7fr 1fr 1fr 1fr 1fr;gap:34px 28px;padding-top:64px;padding-bottom:46px}
.footer-brand{grid-column:1}
.footer-brand img{height:44px;width:auto;display:block;margin:0 0 20px}
.footer-brand>p{color:#9AA096;font-size:.92rem;line-height:1.65;margin:0;max-width:38ch}
.footer-col h4{color:#fff;font-family:"Inter",sans-serif;font-size:.73rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.13em;text-transform:uppercase;margin:0 0 16px}
.footer-col ul{list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}
.footer-col li{margin:0 0 11px}
.footer-col a{color:#9AA096;font-size:.93rem;text-decoration:none;transition:color .15s ease}
.footer-col a:hover{color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
.footer-social{display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center;margin:18px 0 0;flex-wrap:wrap}
.footer-social:empty{display:none}
.footer-social a.social-link{width:34px;height:34px;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;
  border:1px solid #2A2E26;border-radius:8px;color:#9AA096;transition:border-color .2s ease,color .2s ease}
.footer-social a.social-link:hover{border-color:#96794E;color:#fff}
.footer-social a.social-link svg{width:18px;height:18px}
.footer-bottom{border-top:1px solid #2A2E26}
.footer-bottom .container{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:14px;flex-wrap:wrap;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:26px}
.footer-bottom p{margin:0;font-size:.84rem;color:#9AA096}
.footer-bottom a{color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
.footer-trustbar{border-top:1px solid #2A2E26}
.footer-trustbar .container{display:flex;justify-content:center;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:26px}
.footer-credits{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:8px 14px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;text-align:center;font-size:.78rem;color:#9AA096}
.footer-cred{color:#9AA096;text-decoration:none;transition:color .15s ease}
.footer-cred:hover{color:#fff;text-decoration:none}
.footer-cred strong{color:#fff;font-weight:600}
.cred-sep{opacity:.4}
.footer-tag{margin:0;font-size:.84rem;color:#9AA096}
@media(max-width:560px){.footer-credits{font-size:.74rem;gap:6px 12px}}
/* footer contact column (clean address/phone/email/hours, no wrapping link labels) */
.footer-contact a,.footer-contact .fc-hours,.footer-contact .fc-addr{display:block;color:#9AA096;font-size:.9rem;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:9px;text-decoration:none}
.footer-contact a:hover{color:#fff}
.footer-contact .fc-addr{color:#fff;margin-bottom:11px}
.footer-contact .fc-hours{font-size:.82rem;margin-top:2px}
.footer-contact .fc-links{margin-top:4px;font-size:.85rem}
.footer-contact .fc-links a{display:inline;color:#96794E;margin:0}
.footer-contact .fc-dot{margin:0 8px;opacity:.45;color:#9AA096}
@media(max-width:860px){
  .site-footer>.container{grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:30px 20px;padding-top:48px}
  .footer-brand{grid-column:1 / -1}
  .footer-bottom .container{flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;gap:6px}
}

/* ---- mobile nav (generated header toggles .open) ---- */
.mobile-nav{display:none}
.mobile-nav.open{display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px}
.mobile-nav-section{display:flex;flex-direction:column;padding:8px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #E3DED2}
.mobile-nav-label{font-size:.72rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#7B8177;padding:6px}
.mobile-nav-section a{padding:9px 6px;color:#191C18;font-weight:600}
.mobile-cta{padding:14px 0 4px}

@media(max-width:860px){
  .primary-nav{display:none}
  .menu-toggle{display:flex}
  .header-cta .btn--primary{display:none}      /* the mobile nav carries its own CTA */
  .header-inner{padding:11px 18px;gap:10px}
  .mobile-nav{position:absolute;left:0;right:0;top:100%;background:#FFFFFF;border-bottom:1px solid #E3DED2;
    box-shadow:0 18px 40px rgba(0,0,0,.10);padding:10px 18px 18px;max-height:80vh;overflow:auto;z-index:55}
}

/* ---- layout guardrails (engine-enforced, prevent recurring bugs) ----
 * Hero grids MUST top-align. Vertically centering a short text column against a
 * tall visual/instrument panel pushes the headline + primary CTA below the fold.
 * This block is injected last, so it overrides any align-items:center a site
 * sets on its hero. Keeps the primary CTA above the fold on every build. */
.hero .container,.baro-hero .container{align-items:start}
/* Hero must NOT inherit the global section{padding:76px 0}. That top padding renders
 * LARGER in real browsers than in headless screenshots, creating a recurring dead gap
 * under the nav that looks fine in tooling but wrong to the user. Zero the section
 * padding on the hero and set an explicit, intentional top gap (~32px) on its container.
 * Locked 2026-06-20 (Best Diehl Electric). Always verify hero spacing in a REAL browser. */
.hero{padding:0}
.hero .container{padding-top:32px}
/* Heroes are ALWAYS light/warm — NEVER dark. Hard ecosystem rule, same footing as
 * "no em-dashes". No dark/navy-overlay hero, no dark full-bleed hero with light text.
 * A photo hero uses a LIGHT scrim only (warm-ivory wash), never a dark overlay.
 * This guardrail forces the hero's own text colour to dark ink so a hero can never
 * silently render light-on-dark; set per-element light colours deliberately only on
 * legitimately light grounds. Locked 2026-06-25 (Flaig Law Firm). */
.hero{color:#191C18;background:#F4F1E9}

/* ---- persistent mobile CTA bar ----
 * On mobile the header CTA is hidden, so every page gets one unmissable fixed
 * action at the bottom (primary CTA + optional call). Generated by buildFooter
 * from primaryCta/phone. Requires the site to define .btn/.btn--primary. */
.mobile-cta-bar{display:none}
@media (max-width:760px){
  .mobile-cta-bar{display:flex;gap:10px;align-items:center;position:fixed;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:60;
    background:rgba(255,255,255,.97);-webkit-backdrop-filter:blur(8px);backdrop-filter:blur(8px);
    border-top:1px solid #E3DED2;padding:10px 14px;padding-bottom:calc(10px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
    box-shadow:0 -6px 20px rgba(15,23,43,.10)}
  .mobile-cta-bar .btn{flex:1;padding:14px 16px}
  .mobile-cta-bar .mcb-call{flex:0 0 auto;width:52px;height:52px;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;
    border:2px solid #96794E;border-radius:14px;color:#7A6039}
  .mobile-cta-bar .mcb-call svg{width:22px;height:22px}
  body{padding-bottom:76px}
}

/* ---- section connector (engine standard, added 2026-07-01 Jenn Births) ----
 * "Just a horizontal box after another horizontal box isn't acceptable." A slim accent
 * thread + diamond node that STRADDLES the seam between two full-width sections, so a
 * page reads as one flowing story instead of disconnected stacked bands. The gradient
 * fades at both ends so it blends into any section background, light or dark.
 * USAGE: emit <div class="connector"></div> between two sections. Add class .on-dark
 * when the section BELOW the seam is dark so the node's ring matches that ground. */
.connector{position:relative;height:0;z-index:4;pointer-events:none;overflow:visible}
.connector::before{content:"";position:absolute;left:50%;top:-38px;transform:translateX(-50%);
  width:1.5px;height:76px;background:linear-gradient(to bottom,transparent,#96794E 20%,#96794E 80%,transparent)}
.connector::after{content:"";position:absolute;left:50%;top:0;transform:translate(-50%,-50%) rotate(45deg);
  width:9px;height:9px;background:#96794E;box-shadow:0 0 0 4px #F4F1E9}
.connector.on-dark::after{box-shadow:0 0 0 4px #191C18}
/* ENGINE-CHROME:END */

/* Contact form additions. The honeypot is visually gone but not display:none,
   because some bots skip hidden inputs and the point is that they fill it in. */
.form-card .hp { position: absolute; left: -9999px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; }
.form-status { margin: 12px 0 0; font-size: .92rem; color: #9a3412; }
.form-intro { font-size: .95rem; color: var(--ink-soft); margin-top: -.4em; }
.form-done h3 { margin-top: 0; }


/* ═══ OVERRIDES, after the engine block on purpose ═══════════════════════════
 * The engine chrome ships a WHITE header. This client's logo is a silver-gradient
 * wordmark drawn for a BLACK ground, which is what their previous site used, and
 * on white it washes out to the point of being unreadable at header size. Their
 * artwork is not ours to redraw, so the header moves to the ground the logo was
 * built for. Nothing here touches the hero guardrails: the header is dark, the
 * hero underneath stays light and warm.
 * ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
:root { --ink-deep: #16211A; }

.site-header { background: var(--ink-deep); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.10); }
.site-logo img { height: 54px; }
.site-header .nav-link { color: #F1EFE7; }
.site-header .nav-link:hover { color: #fff; }
.site-header .menu-toggle span { background: #F1EFE7; }
.site-header .header-cta .btn--primary { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
.site-header .header-cta .btn--primary:hover { background: #4A8C5B; border-color: #4A8C5B; }
/* The mega-menu panel keeps its light card: it drops onto the page, not the bar. */
.site-header .mega-menu, .site-header .mobile-nav { color: var(--ink); }

/* ── cinematic hero ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 * Full-bleed client footage with a LIGHT warm wash. Heaviest on the left where
 * the words are, gone by the right-hand edge, so the footage still reads as
 * footage. A dark overlay here would be an ecosystem rule break and would also
 * hide the thing worth showing. */
/* An inner page is not a homepage: the hero introduces the page, it does not
 * have to fill the screen before anybody reads anything. Only the homepage,
 * which runs the footage, gets the tall one. */
.hero--cine { position: relative; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; min-height: min(52vh, 440px); display: flex; align-items: center; background: var(--wash); }
.hero--cine.hero--tall { min-height: min(78vh, 700px); }
.hero--cine .hero-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; z-index: 0; pointer-events: none;
}
.hero--cine .hero-wash {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 1; pointer-events: none;
  /* Tight, not broad. The subject in this footage sits centre-left, so a wash
   * that stayed heavy to 60% of the width buried the pool: the one thing the
   * hero exists to show. It is opaque only under the text column and gone by
   * two thirds across. */
  background:
    linear-gradient(97deg,
      rgba(245,243,236,.99) 0%,
      rgba(245,243,236,.97) 26%,
      rgba(245,243,236,.80) 38%,
      rgba(245,243,236,.34) 50%,
      rgba(245,243,236,.06) 64%,
      rgba(245,243,236,0)   74%);
}
.hero-shot { display: none; }
.hero-cine-inner { position: relative; z-index: 2; padding-top: 62px; padding-bottom: 62px; max-width: var(--max); }
/* Everything in the copy column stays inside the opaque band of the wash. */
.hero-cine-inner > * { max-width: 30rem; }
.hero--cine h1 { margin-bottom: .42em; }
.hero--cine .sub { font-size: 1.15rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.hero--cine .kicker { font: 600 .78rem/1.3 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent-deep); margin: 0 0 1em; }
.cta-note { margin: 1.1em 0 0; font-size: .95rem; color: var(--ink-soft); max-width: 32rem; }

/* A CTA has to look like the thing to do next, from across the room. */
.btn--xl { padding: 17px 32px; font-size: 1.04rem; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(30,42,34,.12); }
.btn.ghost.btn--xl { background: rgba(255,255,255,.86); box-shadow: none; }
.btn.ghost.btn--xl:hover { background: #fff; }

/* ── trust strip, straight under the hero ─────────────────────────────────── */
.trust-strip { background: var(--ink-deep); color: #DDE5DC; }
.trust-strip ul {
  list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 15px 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 10px 38px; align-items: center; font-size: .93rem;
}
.trust-strip strong { color: #fff; font-weight: 600; }

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .hero--cine { min-height: 0; }
  /* NO VIDEO ON A PHONE, and this is a design decision rather than a saving.
   * `object-fit: cover` on a 390px-wide box crops 16:9 footage to a narrow
   * vertical slice, so a wide aerial of a whole property becomes a rectangle of
   * pool water: the hero shows the least interesting part of the best asset the
   * business owns. Text over it also has to fight a moving background for
   * contrast, which it loses. A phone gets clean copy, two full-width buttons,
   * and one strong still underneath, and saves 3MB of cellular data doing it. */
  /* EXPLICIT ORDER, because a flex child without one defaults to 0 and jumps
   * above the H1. That is a known recurring bug in this chrome and it happened
   * here the moment the still was added: the image rendered first and pushed the
   * headline and both buttons off the first screen. */
  .hero--cine { display: flex; flex-direction: column; background: var(--wash); }
  .hero--cine .hero-bg, .hero--cine .hero-wash { display: none; }
  .hero-cine-inner { order: 1; padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 30px; }
  .hero-shot { order: 2; }
  .hero--cine h1 { font-size: clamp(1.85rem, 8vw, 2.4rem); }
  .hero-cine-inner > * { max-width: none; }
  .hero-shot { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; aspect-ratio: 16/10; object-fit: cover; }
  .site-logo img { height: 44px; }
}
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .hero-cine-inner { padding-bottom: 28px; }
  .btn--xl { padding: 15px 22px; font-size: 1rem; }
  .trust-strip ul { gap: 8px 22px; font-size: .86rem; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .hero--cine .hero-bg { display: none; }
  .hero--cine { background: var(--wash) url(/assets/img/hero-loop-poster.webp) center/cover; }
}

/* ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 * THE UPMARKET PASS
 *
 * Mike: "Whole site and brand need to feel higher end." He is right, and the
 * generic version was mine: mid-green accent, pill buttons, underlined nav,
 * bordered cards, system sans. That reads suburban-landscaper. This company
 * builds lagoon pools with stone bridges for properties in Hidden Hills,
 * Calabasas and Malibu, and the design has to be worth the work in the photos.
 *
 * WHAT ACTUALLY MAKES IT READ HIGHER END, in the order it matters:
 *   1. PALETTE taken from the materials in their own photographs: travertine,
 *      sandstone, bronze uplighting, near-black planting. Not a brighter green.
 *   2. TYPE with contrast. A high-contrast display serif against a quiet
 *      neutral sans is the single biggest lift available.
 *   3. SPACE. Premium is mostly restraint: fewer boxes, hairlines instead of
 *      borders, more air, smaller UI text with wider tracking.
 *   4. SQUARE CORNERS. Pills read consumer app; a 2px radius reads considered.
 *
 * The ecosystem guardrails are untouched: no dark hero, working mobile nav,
 * connectors between sections, real logo.
 * ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */

:root {
  /* Materials, not moods. These are sampled from the stone, the planting and
   * the bronze path lighting that appear in their own project photographs. */
  --accent:       #96794E;   /* bronze */
  --accent-deep:  #7A6039;   /* aged bronze */
  --canopy:       #2E4634;   /* deep planting green, used sparingly */
  --ink:          #191C18;   /* near-black, warm */
  --ink-soft:     #4C534A;
  --muted:        #7B8177;
  --line:         #E3DED2;   /* limestone hairline */
  --wash:         #F4F1E9;   /* warm limestone ground */
  --card:         #FFFFFF;
  --ink-deep:     #12160F;   /* header and footer ground */
  --radius:       2px;
  --shadow:       0 1px 2px rgba(25,28,24,.04), 0 10px 34px rgba(25,28,24,.07);
  --font:  "Cormorant Garamond", "Iowan Old Style", Palatino, Georgia, serif;
  --sans:  "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

body { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 16.5px; line-height: 1.7; color: var(--ink); letter-spacing: -.003em; }

/* Display type: high contrast, light weight, tight leading, no fake bolding.
 * Cormorant is drawn for exactly this and looks weak if you push it to 700. */
h1, h2, h3 { font-family: var(--font); font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: -.008em; color: var(--ink); }
h1 { font-size: clamp(2.5rem, 5.4vw, 4.15rem); line-height: 1.06; font-weight: 300; }
h2 { font-size: clamp(1.85rem, 3.4vw, 2.7rem); line-height: 1.12; margin-bottom: .5em; }
h3 { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 1.02rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -.005em; line-height: 1.35; }
.lede { font-family: var(--font); font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.2vw, 1.65rem); line-height: 1.45; color: var(--ink); font-weight: 300; }
.lede strong { font-weight: 500; }
.dek { font-size: 1rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }

/* Micro-label. Bronze, tracked, small. Used for every kicker and group label. */
.kicker, .mm-glabel, .mm-flabel {
  font: 500 .68rem/1.4 var(--sans) !important;
  letter-spacing: .18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent) !important;
}

/* ── navigation ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 * The old one was underlined, which is the browser default dressed up as a
 * decision. Uppercase, tracked, quiet, with the rule appearing on hover. */
.site-header { background: var(--ink-deep); border-bottom: none; box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(150,121,78,.32); }
.site-header .header-inner { padding-top: 14px; padding-bottom: 14px; }
.site-logo img { height: 50px; }

.site-header .nav-link,
.site-header .primary-nav a {
  text-decoration: none !important;
  font: 500 .74rem/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #E8E5DC;
  position: relative;
  padding: 10px 0;
  transition: color .18s ease;
}
.site-header .nav-link::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 100%; bottom: 2px;
  height: 1px; background: var(--accent); transition: right .24s ease;
}
.site-header .nav-item:hover .nav-link::after,
.site-header .nav-link:hover::after { right: 0; }
.site-header .nav-link:hover { color: #fff; }
.site-header .nav-caret { width: 12px; height: 12px; opacity: .5; margin-left: 3px; }
.site-header .primary-nav { gap: 34px; }

/* The mega-menu is a light card dropping onto the page. Give it hairlines and
 * air rather than borders and boxes. */
.site-header .mega-menu-inner { border-radius: var(--radius); box-shadow: var(--shadow); }
.site-header .mm-row { border-radius: 0; }
.site-header .mm-tt { font: 600 .95rem/1.4 var(--sans); letter-spacing: -.004em; }
.site-header .mm-ds { font-size: .86rem; color: var(--ink-soft); }
.site-header .mm-feature h4 { font-family: var(--font); font-weight: 400; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.15; }
.site-header .mm-fcta { font: 500 .7rem/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); }

/* ── buttons ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 * Square, tracked, uppercase, bronze. A pill with sentence case is a consumer
 * app control; this is a company you commission. */
.btn {
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  font: 500 .76rem/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: 16px 30px;
  background: var(--canopy); border-color: var(--canopy);
  transition: background .18s ease, border-color .18s ease, color .18s ease;
}
.btn:hover { background: var(--accent-deep); border-color: var(--accent-deep); color: #fff; }
.btn.ghost { background: transparent; color: var(--ink); border-color: rgba(25,28,24,.3); }
.btn.ghost:hover { background: transparent; color: var(--accent-deep); border-color: var(--accent-deep); }
.btn--xl { padding: 19px 38px; font-size: .78rem; box-shadow: none; }
.btn.ghost.btn--xl { background: rgba(255,255,255,.78); }
.btn.ghost.btn--xl:hover { background: #fff; }
.site-header .header-cta .btn--primary {
  background: transparent; border: 1px solid rgba(150,121,78,.65); color: #EFE9DC;
  padding: 13px 26px;
}
.site-header .header-cta .btn--primary:hover { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }

/* ── surfaces ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 * Hairlines, not boxes. The bordered-card look is what made the page read as a
 * template; a rule and some air reads as a considered layout. */
.band { padding: clamp(56px, 7.5vw, 104px) 0; }
.card, .areas a, .linklist a, .form-card, .facts > div, .quotes blockquote {
  border-color: var(--line); box-shadow: none; border-radius: var(--radius);
}
.card { padding: 26px; }
a.card:hover { transform: none; border-color: var(--accent); box-shadow: var(--shadow); }
.areas a:hover, .linklist a:hover { transform: none; border-color: var(--accent); }
.areas strong, .linklist strong { font-family: var(--sans); font-weight: 600; font-size: .98rem; }
.facts dt { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .74rem; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); }
.facts dd { font-size: 1rem; }
.quotes blockquote { padding: 30px; }
.quotes p { font-family: var(--font); font-size: 1.22rem; line-height: 1.5; font-weight: 300; color: var(--ink); }
.quotes cite { font: 500 .72rem/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--muted); }
.quotes cite span { text-transform: none; letter-spacing: 0; font-size: .8rem; }
.steps li { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); padding-left: 26px; }
.steps li h3 { color: var(--accent-deep); }
.gallery { gap: 22px; }
.gallery img { border-radius: var(--radius); }
.band.cta { background: var(--ink-deep); }
.band.cta h2, .band.cta p { color: #F1EEE6; }
.band.cta .btn.ghost { color: #F1EEE6; border-color: rgba(255,255,255,.4); }
.band.cta .btn.ghost:hover { color: #fff; border-color: var(--accent); }

/* The trust strip sits between two dark surfaces, so it becomes a hairline rule
 * rather than a third block of colour. */
.trust-strip { background: var(--ink-deep); box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(150,121,78,.3); }
.trust-strip ul { padding: 17px 0; font: 400 .8rem/1.4 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .04em; gap: 10px 44px; color: #C9CDC4; }
.trust-strip strong { color: var(--accent); font-weight: 500; }

/* The copy column has to be wide enough for two buttons side by side. At 30rem
 * they wrapped and stacked on every inner page. */
.hero-cine-inner > * { max-width: 34rem; }
.hero-cine-inner > .cta-row { max-width: none; }
.hero--cine .sub { font-family: var(--font); font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.9vw, 1.5rem); font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.45; color: var(--ink); max-width: 32rem; }
.cta-note { font-size: .9rem; }

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .btn--xl { padding: 16px 20px; font-size: .74rem; }
  .trust-strip ul { gap: 6px 20px; font-size: .74rem; }
}

/* Editorial cards: the photograph carries the card, so the box around it is
 * noise. A border plus a shadow plus a radius on every tile is the template
 * look that made this read as generic. */
.card { border: none; padding: 0; background: transparent; }
.card-img { margin: 0 0 18px; width: 100%; border-radius: var(--radius); aspect-ratio: 3/2; }
.card h3 { font-size: 1.06rem; margin-bottom: .35em; }
a.card:hover { box-shadow: none; }
a.card:hover .card-img { filter: brightness(1.04); }
a.card:hover h3 { color: var(--accent-deep); }
.cards { gap: 34px 30px; margin-top: 44px; }

/* The hamburger shipped as a white rounded slab, which is the heaviest object
 * on a dark bar and the first thing the eye lands on. It should be quieter than
 * the logo, not louder. */
.site-header .menu-toggle {
  background: transparent; border: 1px solid rgba(150,121,78,.55); border-radius: var(--radius);
  width: 44px; height: 44px;
}
.site-header .menu-toggle span { background: #E8E5DC; width: 17px; }

/* ═══ THE HERO, REBUILT AS A HARD SPLIT ══════════════════════════════════════
 * Mike: "The faded just isn't right."
 *
 * He is right, and the problem is the technique rather than its tuning. A wash
 * over the photograph exists to buy legibility for text, and it pays for that
 * with the only asset on the page worth looking at. Every value of the gradient
 * is a different amount of damage to the picture. There is no good setting.
 *
 * So the text and the photograph stop sharing space. Copy sits on limestone,
 * the photograph runs full bleed to the right edge at FULL fidelity: no wash,
 * no scrim, no overlay, no rounded corner, no shadow. This is what architecture
 * and landscape studios actually do, and it is why their photography reads
 * expensive and ours read like a stock banner.
 *
 * The hero is still light and warm, so the ecosystem rule is satisfied by the
 * ground the copy sits on rather than by degrading the image.
 * ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
.hero--split {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 45%) minmax(0, 55%);
  min-height: min(58vh, 520px);
  padding: 0;
  background: var(--wash);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.hero--split.hero--tall { min-height: min(82vh, 760px); }
.hero--split .hero-copy-col { display: flex; align-items: center; }
.hero--split .hero-copy-inner {
  width: 100%;
  padding: clamp(48px, 6vw, 88px) clamp(34px, 4vw, 62px) clamp(48px, 6vw, 88px)
           max(24px, calc((100vw - var(--max)) / 2));
}
.hero--split .hero-media-col { position: relative; }
.hero--split .hero-bg {
  position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; display: block; border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none;
}
.hero--split h1 { max-width: 14ch; margin-bottom: .4em; }
.hero--split .sub {
  font-family: var(--font); font-weight: 300; color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.55vw, 1.4rem); line-height: 1.5; max-width: 30rem;
}
.hero--split .cta-row { margin-top: 2em; }
.hero--split .cta-note { max-width: 27rem; }

@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  /* Stacked, and the copy comes FIRST. A media child with no explicit order
   * defaults to 0 and jumps above the H1: the recurring bug the chrome
   * guardrails name, and it has already happened once on this build. */
  .hero--split { display: flex; flex-direction: column; min-height: 0; }
  .hero--split.hero--tall { min-height: 0; }
  .hero--split .hero-copy-col { order: 1; }
  .hero--split .hero-media-col { order: 2; position: relative; aspect-ratio: 16/10; }
  .hero--split .hero-copy-inner { padding: 40px 22px 34px; }
  .hero--split h1 { max-width: none; }
  .hero--split .sub { max-width: none; }
}

/* Two buttons, one line. In the split column they were wrapping and stacking,
 * which turns a decisive pair into a list. */
.hero--split { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 47%) minmax(0, 53%); }
.hero--split .btn--xl { padding: 17px 25px; font-size: .73rem; letter-spacing: .13em; }
.hero--split .cta-row { flex-wrap: nowrap; gap: 10px; }
@media (max-width: 1000px) {
  .hero--split .cta-row { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; }
  .hero--split .btn--xl { padding: 16px 20px; }
}

/* ── full-bleed photo strip ────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.photo-strip { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr); gap: 0; }
.photo-strip figure { margin: 0; }
.photo-strip img { width: 100%; height: clamp(180px, 20vw, 300px); object-fit: cover; display: block; }

/* ── feature: one photograph, one argument ─────────────────────────────────── */
.feature-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: clamp(32px, 5vw, 72px); align-items: center; }
.feature--flip .feature-media { order: 2; }
.feature-media img { width: 100%; height: 100%; max-height: 560px; object-fit: cover; border-radius: var(--radius); display: block; }
.feature-copy h2 { margin-bottom: .45em; }
.feature-copy p { color: var(--ink-soft); }
.feature-copy .cta-row { margin-top: 1.6em; }

/* ── full-bleed reel ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────── */
.reel { position: relative; line-height: 0; background: var(--ink-deep); }
.reel video { width: 100%; height: clamp(320px, 52vw, 640px); object-fit: cover; display: block; }
.reel-caption { position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; padding: 46px 0 22px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(18,22,15,0) 0%, rgba(18,22,15,.72) 100%); }
.reel-caption p { margin: 0; color: #F1EEE6; font-size: .95rem; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 46rem; }

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .photo-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .photo-strip figure:nth-child(n+7) { display: none; }
  .feature-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .feature--flip .feature-media { order: 0; }
  .feature-media img { max-height: 340px; }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .photo-strip { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
  .photo-strip figure:nth-child(n+5) { display: none; }
}

/* A connector thread crossing a full-bleed photograph reads as a scratch on the
   print. The seam either side of an edge-to-edge band is the band itself. */
.photo-strip + .connector, .connector:has(+ .photo-strip),
.reel + .connector, .connector:has(+ .reel) { display: none; }

/* ── the page was 10,745px of mostly light text in narrow centred columns ────
 * The photography was doing the work in 200px slivers while six consecutive
 * prose sections sat in a 780px column inside a 1180px page. That reads as an
 * essay. These rules give the pictures the room and take the narrow column off
 * the sections that were never arguments in the first place. */
.photo-strip--big { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
.photo-strip--big img { height: clamp(260px, 32vw, 460px); }

.area-line { margin: 26px 0 0; line-height: 2.4; max-width: 60rem; }
.area-line a {
  text-decoration: none; color: var(--ink); font-size: 1.02rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; transition: border-color .15s ease, color .15s ease;
}
.area-line a:hover { color: var(--accent-deep); border-bottom-color: var(--accent); }
.area-line span { color: var(--line); margin: 0 .7em; }

/* Steps read as four beats across, not as a stacked list in a thin column. */
.band .container.narrow:has(.steps) { max-width: var(--max); }
.steps { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 30px; }
.steps li { border-left: none; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 22px 0 0; }
.steps li h3 { font-size: .82rem; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--accent); margin-bottom: .7em; }
.steps li p { font-size: .95rem; }

/* The opening statement is a statement, so let it have the page. */
.band.lead .container.narrow { max-width: 46rem; margin-left: 0; }
.band.lead { padding-top: clamp(46px, 6vw, 80px); padding-bottom: clamp(10px, 2vw, 20px); }

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .photo-strip--big { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .photo-strip--big figure:nth-child(n+3) { display: none; }
  .photo-strip--big img { height: 260px; }
  .steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .band.lead .container.narrow { max-width: none; }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) { .steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }

/* A feature photograph should fill its half, not float in the middle of it with
 * cream above and below. Stretch the row and let the image take the height. */
.feature-grid { align-items: stretch; }
.feature-media { display: flex; min-height: clamp(340px, 34vw, 520px); }
.feature-media img { max-height: none; height: 100%; }
.feature-copy { display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
@media (max-width: 900px) { .feature-media { min-height: 0; } .feature-media img { height: 300px; } }

/* ═══ CINEMATIC HERO: full-bleed film, copy on an ivory plate ════════════════
 * Replaces the split. A cream column beside a photograph is the default layout
 * for this whole industry, which is precisely the problem: doing it well still
 * looks like everyone who did it badly.
 *
 * The light-hero guardrail is intact and this is how. There is NO dark overlay
 * and NO scrim anywhere. Legibility comes from an opaque warm-ivory surface, so
 * the picture is never degraded to make the type readable, which is the exact
 * trade the rule was written to forbid.
 * ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ */
.hero--cine {
  position: relative; display: block; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;
  min-height: min(76vh, 680px); background: var(--ink-deep);
}
.hero--cine.hero--tall { min-height: min(88vh, 820px); }
.hero--cine .hero-media { position: absolute; inset: 0; }
.hero--cine .hero-bg {
  width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; display: block;
  border-radius: 0; box-shadow: none;
  animation: heroDrift 26s ease-in-out infinite alternate;
}
@keyframes heroDrift { from { transform: scale(1.0); } to { transform: scale(1.07); } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .hero--cine .hero-bg { animation: none; } }

.hero-plate-wrap { position: relative; z-index: 2; display: flex; align-items: flex-end;
  min-height: inherit; padding-top: 96px; padding-bottom: clamp(38px, 5vw, 74px); }
.hero--cine .hero-plate {
  background: var(--wash);
  padding: clamp(34px, 3.4vw, 54px) clamp(32px, 3.4vw, 56px) clamp(32px, 3.2vw, 48px);
  max-width: 41rem;
  box-shadow: 0 24px 70px rgba(10,14,9,.30);
}
.hero--cine .hero-plate h1 { margin-bottom: .34em; font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem); }
.hero--cine .hero-plate .sub {
  font-family: var(--font); font-weight: 300; color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.4vw, 1.32rem); line-height: 1.5; max-width: 34rem; margin-bottom: 0;
}
.hero--cine .hero-plate .cta-row { margin-top: 1.9em; gap: 12px; }
.hero--cine .cta-note { margin-top: 1.1em; font-size: .88rem; color: var(--muted); }

/* ── the CTA has to be the loudest object on the screen ───────────────────── */
.btn--gold {
  background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff;
  padding: 19px 34px; font-size: .8rem; letter-spacing: .16em;
  box-shadow: 0 6px 20px rgba(150,121,78,.34);
  display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px;
}
.btn--gold:hover { background: var(--ink); border-color: var(--ink); color: #fff; box-shadow: 0 8px 26px rgba(25,28,24,.34); }
.btn-arrow { transition: transform .2s ease; }
.btn--gold:hover .btn-arrow { transform: translateX(4px); }
.hero--cine .btn.ghost { padding: 19px 28px; border-color: rgba(25,28,24,.28); background: transparent; }
.hero--cine .btn.ghost:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent-deep); }
.band.cta .btn--gold { box-shadow: none; }
.site-header .header-cta .btn--primary { background: var(--accent); border-color: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
.site-header .header-cta .btn--primary:hover { background: #fff; border-color: #fff; color: var(--ink); }

/* The trust strip closes the hero rather than starting the page. */
.trust-strip { box-shadow: none; }

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .hero--cine, .hero--cine.hero--tall { min-height: 0; }
  .hero-plate-wrap { display: block; padding: 0; }
  .hero--cine .hero-media { position: relative; inset: auto; aspect-ratio: 16/10; }
  .hero--cine .hero-plate { max-width: none; margin: -56px 0 0; padding: 30px 24px 28px; box-shadow: 0 -14px 40px rgba(10,14,9,.16); }
  .hero--cine .hero-plate h1 { font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 8vw, 2.5rem); }
  .hero--cine .cta-row { flex-direction: column; align-items: stretch; }
  .hero--cine .btn { justify-content: center; text-align: center; }
}

/* ── trust, made checkable ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 * A licence number on a page is a claim. A licence number next to the words
 * "verify it", pointing at the state register, is the opposite of a claim, and
 * almost no contractor site does it. The CSLB deep link 302s to their search
 * page, so this links the search honestly rather than faking a direct link. */
.trust-strip .verify {
  color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; font-size: .78em; letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(150,121,78,.5); margin-left: .5em;
  padding-bottom: 1px; transition: color .15s ease, border-color .15s ease;
}
.trust-strip .verify:hover { color: #fff; border-color: #fff; }

/* ── full-viewport film, and a cue that there is more ─────────────────────── */
.hero--cine.hero--tall { min-height: min(94vh, 900px); }
.hero--cine::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 50%; bottom: 26px; z-index: 3;
  width: 1px; height: 46px; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255,255,255,0), rgba(255,255,255,.85));
  animation: cue 2.6s ease-in-out infinite;
}
@keyframes cue { 0%,100% { opacity: .25; transform: translateY(-6px); } 50% { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); } }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .hero--cine::after { animation: none; } }
@media (max-width: 900px) { .hero--cine::after { display: none; } }

/* The plate earns a hairline under the kicker: a small piece of craft that
 * separates a designed object from a box with text in it. */
.hero--cine .hero-plate .kicker { position: relative; padding-bottom: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 1.1em; }
.hero--cine .hero-plate .kicker::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; bottom: 0; width: 46px; height: 1px; background: var(--accent);
}

/* Card hover with intent rather than a generic lift. */
a.card { position: relative; }
a.card h3 { transition: color .18s ease; }
a.card::after {
  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; bottom: -14px; width: 0; height: 1px;
  background: var(--accent); transition: width .3s ease;
}
a.card:hover::after { width: 56px; }

/* The plate was floating mid-frame because `min-height: inherit` does not
 * inherit from a block parent. Anchor it: the wrap fills the hero and the plate
 * sits on the bottom-left, which is where a title card belongs. */
.hero-plate-wrap { position: absolute; inset: 0; align-items: flex-end;
  padding-top: 110px; padding-bottom: clamp(52px, 6vw, 92px); }
@media (max-width: 900px) { .hero-plate-wrap { position: relative; inset: auto; padding: 0; } }

/* SPECIFICITY, NOT ORDER. The engine chrome ships a guardrail
 *   .hero .container { align-items: start }
 * written to stop a short text column being vertically centred against a tall
 * visual panel and pushing the headline below the fold. It is 0,2,0 and my
 * `.hero-plate-wrap` was 0,1,0, so the plate was being force-top-aligned no
 * matter where the rule sat in the file. Measured in the browser rather than
 * guessed: align-items computed to `start` while the stylesheet said `flex-end`.
 *
 * The guardrail is right for the layout it was written for and wrong for this
 * one, so this is scoped past it rather than around it. */
.hero--cine .hero-plate-wrap.container { align-items: flex-end; }